As everyone in the media world (and probably many in the sports and pop culture world) know, Bill Simmons’ ESPN contract ends at the end of this year. In an interview with Recode, Simmons discussed the situation, and — obviously this is just a guess — it sounds like Simmons is more than willing to stay with ESPN, if they open the checkbook to Grantland and him.
Simmons explained that Grantland was at a crucial juncture, and indicated that ESPN’s execs need to understand that it’s time for it to expand.
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